Henry Pelham-Clinton

Henry Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle (16 April 1720-22 February 1794) was a peer of Great Britain who served as Auditor of the Exchequer (the person who filed teller's bills for the treasury) from 1751 to 1794, succeeding Robert Walpole and preceding William Grenville. He was the cousin of general Henry Clinton, whom he helped to rise to power.

Biography
Henry Pelham-Clinton was born on 16 April 1720, the son of Henry Clinton, 7th Earl of Lincoln. When his father died in 1728 and his brother two years later, Pelham-Clinton became the 9th Earl of Lincoln, with his uncle Thomas Pelham-Holles serving as his guardian. His uncle adopted him as his heir due to being childless, and Pelham-Clinton and Horace Walpole both studied fencing in Turin, Italy; Walpole loved Pelham-Clinton, and they may have been lovers. Lord Lincoln was regarded as the most handsome man in England, but he later quarreled with Walpole and separated from him. In 1744, he married his cousin Catherine Pelham, the daughter of his uncle, Prime Minister Henry Pelham. In 1752, Pelham-Clinton became a Knight of the Garter, and he helped his cousin Henry Clinton in rising in the British Army and in politics, as well as helping William Pitt hte Younger as Prime Minister. He died in 1794.